The Santa Fe superintendent said they have a strict policy about drinking at school, and teacher Jill Lyle clearly broke it.

Instead of a school bus outside of Chaparral Elementary, there was an ambulance.

Someone found Lyle passed out in a classroom last Friday, police said. At the time, students were at recess.

?We received a call from within the school that a substitute teacher had been found unconscious,? Santa Fe police Lt. Louis Carlos said.

The principal suspected Lyle was drunk with alcohol in a cup on her desk, but Lyle denied the claim.

?The brief conversation that we had with the teacher, before she was carted into the ambulance was that she had just fallen asleep,? Carlos said.

Police said Lyle had red wine in her cup on her desk.

If police found children in the classroom, Lyle would?ve been in a lot more trouble. Because the kids were at recess and not directly under her care, a Santa Fe police representative said nothing criminal was done and no charges will be filed.